{"id":1458,"date":"2015-11-23T10:56:42","date_gmt":"2015-11-23T09:56:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/eastwind.es\/marketing\/en\/?p=1458"},"modified":"2015-11-27T07:18:49","modified_gmt":"2015-11-27T06:18:49","slug":"ogilvy-singapore-launches-first-ever-mobile-educational-app-for-toys-r-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eastwind.es\/marketing\/en\/ogilvy-singapore-launches-first-ever-mobile-educational-app-for-toys-r-us\/","title":{"rendered":"Ogilvy Singapore launches first ever mobile educational app for Toys \u00abR\u00bb Us"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>With plans to run indefinitely, the app named \u00abTasks for Toys\u00bb, designed by Ogilvy Singapore for Toys \u00abR\u00bb Us, is aimed at modern digitally savvy parents who spend huge amounts of time on social media and on their phones, with most of their purchases made while on the go.<\/p>\n<p>The central function of the app has been designed to help parents educate their kids between 6 and 15 years old, through a holistic experience, using a range of Toys \u201cR\u201d Us products available on this app, that makes it fun and easy for kids to earn their most coveted toys after completing tasks or chores set by their parents or guardians.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1461\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1461\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eastwind.es\/marketing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/11\/Tasksfortoysapp_ogilvysingaporeforToysRUs_tres.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1461\" src=\"https:\/\/eastwind.es\/marketing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/11\/Tasksfortoysapp_ogilvysingaporeforToysRUs_tres.jpg\" alt=\"\u00a9 Ogilvy Singapore and \u00a9 Toys &quot;R&quot; Us.\" width=\"500\" height=\"365\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1461\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">\u00a9 Ogilvy Singapore and \u00a9 Toys \u00abR\u00bb Us.<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Within the first week of the app\u2019s launch, it had been downloaded more than 5,000 times on the Apple and Google Play stores, with thousands of kids in Singapore earning close to half a million app points.<br \/>\nSales volume on the Toys \u201cR\u201d Us online store increased by 27%, with a spike in sales during the nonpeak period outside of school holidays.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTasks for Toys\u201d was launched alongside the new Toys \u201cR\u201d Us interactive concept store at Paragon shopping centre in Singapore, to complement other digital experiences that the brand offers. Social and traditional media, store displays and EDMs were also used to drive consumers to download the app.<\/p>\n<p>Melvyn Lim, Executive Creative Director, OgilvyOne Singapore, said, \u201cWe know that when it comes to parenting, educating children and getting them to do their chores can be tough work. In creating this first-ever app, our goal was to integrate education and fun to make even the most dreaded tasks rewarding and fulfilling for kids.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Jennifer Tan, Country Manager, Toys \u201cR\u201d Us Singapore, said, \u201cTasks for Toys is not just another marketing tool, but a sustainable platform that delivers practical value to our customers while ensuring a constant stream of visits to our online store. We are thrilled to be the first toy store of such scale to create a mobile app for parents to help their children learn and contribute to household tasks.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>To downolad the app for IOS <span style=\"color: #333399;\"><a style=\"color: #333399;\" href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/sg\/app\/tasks-for-toys\/id997682650?mt=8\" target=\"_blank\">click here <\/a><\/span>\u00a0and for Android devices, <span style=\"color: #333399;\"><a style=\"color: #333399;\" href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=air.net.makestudios.TasksForToys\" target=\"_blank\">click here<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><strong>Image over the headline.-<\/strong> \u00abToys for Tasks\u00bb app function screeens.\u00a0\u00a9 Ogilvy Singapore and \u00a9 Toys \u00abR\u00bb Us.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With plans to run indefinitely, the app named \u00abTasks for Toys\u00bb, designed by Ogilvy Singapore for Toys \u00abR\u00bb Us, is aimed at modern digitally savvy parents who spend huge amounts of time on social media and on their phones, with most of their purchases made while on the go. The central function of the app &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/eastwind.es\/marketing\/en\/ogilvy-singapore-launches-first-ever-mobile-educational-app-for-toys-r-us\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Ogilvy Singapore launches first ever mobile educational app for Toys \u00abR\u00bb Us<\/span> Leer m\u00e1s &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":1460,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[4],"tags":[1420,1005,1418,1004,399,1416,1419,1417],"yst_prominent_words":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastwind.es\/marketing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1458"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastwind.es\/marketing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastwind.es\/marketing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastwind.es\/marketing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastwind.es\/marketing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1458"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/eastwind.es\/marketing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1458\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastwind.es\/marketing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1460"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastwind.es\/marketing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1458"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastwind.es\/marketing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1458"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastwind.es\/marketing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1458"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastwind.es\/marketing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=1458"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}